Law School Toolbox Team

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, in an installment of our “Listen and Learn” series, we’re tackling another Constitutional Law topic — that is justiciability, or the issue of deciding whether a court can make a formal judgment on a legal matter.

In this episode we discuss:

• What three requirements must a plaintiff meet in order to have standing?
• The special doctrines of taxpayer, organizational, and third-party standing
• When is it too early or too late to bring a case?
• The “Case or Controversy” Clause
• In what circumstances will a court hear a case that would normally be moot?
• Analyzing two examples involving justiciability

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[Read more…] about Podcast Episode 313: Listen and Learn — The Basics of Justiciability (Con Law)

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today we’re talking about adverse possession, which is a commonly-tested issue in Real Property questions on law school exams.

In this episode we discuss:

• The elements of adverse possession
• Issues affecting the statutory period analysis
• The case of Howard v. Kunto
• Analyzing two hypos involving adverse possession

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[Read more…] about Podcast Episode 310: Listen and Learn — Adverse Possession

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we discuss three hearsay exceptions (statements against interest, statements made for medical diagnosis or treatment, and statements of personal or family history), which all involve someone speaking or writing about him or herself. You can find more on the topic of hearsay exceptions in episodes 271 and 296.

In this episode we discuss:

• A review of the definition of hearsay
• Statement against interest exception
• Statement made for medical diagnosis or treatment exception
• Statement of personal or family history exception
• What it means to be unavailable for the purposes of hearsay exceptions
• How to approach “racehorse essays”
• Questions involving double hearsay
• Analyzing two hypos, from the July 2010 and February 2017 California bar exams

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[Read more…] about Podcast Episode 308: Listen and Learn — More Hearsay Exceptions